![England rugby player Mike Tindall (L) and his new bride Britain's Zara Phillips, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, leave after their wedding ceremony at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, on July 30, 2011](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara01.jpg?resize=1200%2C865&ssl=1)
Earlier this week, the Queen’s eldest granddaughter, Zara Phillips Tindall, celebrated her birthday. As part of our week-long Sparkling Spotlight on May royal birthdays, we’re turning our attention today to her heirloom royal wedding tiara.
![Captain Mark Phillips and Zara Phillips arrive for the Royal wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara02.jpg?resize=1200%2C1681&ssl=1)
Zara Phillips, the daughter of the Princess Royal, arrived at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh for her wedding to rugby player Mike Tindall on July 30, 2011. She was accompanied by her father, Captain Mark Phillips, as she arrived for the ceremony.
![Zara Phillips arrives for the Royal wedding of Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall at Canongate Kirk on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara03.jpg?resize=1200%2C2155&ssl=1)
Beneath her tulle veil, Zara wore pieces of antique royal jewelry loaned to her by her mother, Princess Anne.
![Zara Philips leaves Canongate Kirk on the afternoon of her wedding to Mike Tindall on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1546&ssl=1)
She secured her veil with Princess Andrew’s Meander Bandeau, a diamond tiara that originally belonged to her great-grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg (who is also known by her married title, Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark). The sleek, classic diamond bandeau features neoclassical motifs like meander (or Greek key) designs, anthemions, and a central laurel wreath element. Princess Alice gave the tiara to the Queen as a wedding present in 1947, and in turn, the Queen later gave it to Princess Anne.
![Zara Philips leaves Canongate Kirk on the afternoon of her wedding to Mike Tindall on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1494&ssl=1)
Zara added even more sparkle with a pair of diamond frame earrings that belong to her mother. The earrings, plus a coordinating diamond festoon necklace, were Princess Anne’s 18th birthday present from her parents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
![In this handout image supplied by Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall, England rugby captain Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips are pictured in Holyrood Abbey, Palace of Holyroodhouse after their marriage at Canongate Kirk on July 30, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-0519-zara06.jpg?resize=1056%2C1449&ssl=1)
For the couple’s official wedding portraits, taken after the ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Zara removed her veil and let the royal diamonds take center stage.
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